I still find the
Green Man on the can to be a little freaky looking. My thoughts on
pilsners has changed quite a bit since the start of this blog. I always pictured them as kind of dull-witted, doughy, bland mess that usually has a cultural norm of adding an orange wedge or something to give the beer a proper balance. I have since found some to be
very good, and Green Man has just a good a chance as anyone to create a break-out hit.
Hello, pilsner! You're gold and clear with a moderately sticky head that leaves a bit of delightful lacing, and that's just what I am looking for in you. The aroma is more spices and lemons than your average, bread-heavy pilsner, and I'm cool with that. I'd go on about the presentation, but I just need a drink today.
First sip is tangy and bitter while featuring a dull bread malt, lemons, spices, and some coriander. It's not a bad sip, but it seems like the malt is bringing everything down to a brown tone of a bitter miasma. It's not bad, but it's dull. It's bland. It needs help. It needs a gulp.
Tip-in is vague dough malt with lemons, tartness, and light carbonation tingle. The middle opens into grains along the mouth while carbonation stabs at the back of the throat and bitterness joins the tartness. The finish is just more bitterness with coriander spiking and disappearing in an instant before a dusty trail off.
Bottom Line: Sip it, if you get one at all.
2.25/5
